14 July 2008

There’s a pair of mute swans on the Water of Leith that have been hatching a bevy there for years: this year there are seven cygnets swimming with their parents. (You can see the photos I took last year here.)

15 June 2008

It is sort of interesting, sort of disgusting, sort of attractive, and mostly just appalling, all at once. (This is one of the parts of the river where litter – leaf litter and other stuff) fetch up: most parts are cleaner. Still.)